Two CRPF troopers killed in Chhattisgarh blast
August 7th, 2012 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 7 (IANS) Two CRPF troopers were killed after their vehicle was blown up in a blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Tuesday, an official said.The incident ... Read more...
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Security forces kill 17 Maoists (Lead)
June 29th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 29 (IANS) Security forces in Chhattisgarh Friday killed at least 17 Maoists and injured several others after being attacked by the rebels at three places, police said.Four Maoists ... Read more...
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NTPC begins work on power project in Karnataka
June 2nd, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 2 (IANS) State-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd Saturday commenced work on the first phase of the 4,000 megawatt super thermal power plant in Karnataka's Bijapur district.Union ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct Chhattisgarh collector, kill two guards (Third Lead)
April 21st, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 21 (IANS) Maoist rebels Saturday abducted the Sukma district collector in Chhattisgarh and shot dead his two guards who tried to resist them, police said.Alex Paul Menon, ... Read more...
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Raman Singh begins rural drive from Maoist heartland
April 18th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), April 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Wednesday began a much-hyped mega rural drive, "Gram Suraj" of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, from the Maoist ... Read more...
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Maoists set road construction vehicles ablaze
February 7th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 7 (IANS) Dozens of armed Maoists Tuesday set on fire at least four road construction vehicles in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police officials here said.Police say that armed Maoists ... Read more...
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Maoists kill village headman
September 14th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 14 (IANS) Maoist rebels Wednesday killed a village headman in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.The body of G. Surraiyya, who was sarpanch of Pollampalli, some 500 km from ... Read more...
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‘Maoists’ network more capable than government machinery’
August 22nd, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 22 (IANS) Referring to the rising killings of policemen in Chhattisgarh, Congress leader and former chief minister Ajit Jogi Monday said that Maoists' network was more capable ... Read more...
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Maoists attack police party in Chhattisgarh
August 19th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 19 (IANS) Maoist rebels Friday attacked a police contingent in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police officials said, adding that casualties were feared."There is a massive attack on dozens ... Read more...
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Forest official killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh (Third Lead)
March 22nd, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 22 (IANS) Maoists abducted a deputy ranger-rank forest official from his residence and slit his throat in Chhattisgarh, police said Tuesday, adding they had begun combing operations to ... Read more...
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Forest official killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh (Second Lead)
March 22nd, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 22 (IANS) Maoists abducted a deputy ranger-rank forest official from his residence and hacked him to death in Chhattisgarh, police said Tuesday, adding they had begun combing operations ... Read more...
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Two Maoists killed in gun battle
March 16th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 16 (IANS) Two Maoists were killed Wednesday in a gunfight with police in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.The battle took place in Bhairamgarh, some ... Read more...
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Maoists kill Salwa Judum leader, eight rebels arrested (Lead)
February 3rd, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 2 (IANS) Maoists Wednesday shot dead a senior member of the anti-Maoists civil militia movement, Salwa Judum, in Chhattisgarh, police said.Police also arrested eight Maoists involved in several attacks.The ... Read more...
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Maoists kill Salwa Judum leader
February 2nd, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 2 (IANS) Maoists Wednesday shot dead a senior member of anti-Maoists civil militia movement Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh, police said.The killing took place near a Central Reserve Police ... Read more...
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Two Maoists killed, six held in Chhattisgarh
January 18th, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 18 (IANS) At least two Maoists were killed Tuesday in a gunfight with the police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district while six rebels were arrested, police said."Two Maoists were gunned down ... Read more...
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Maoist camp busted in Bijapur
January 13th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Bijapur, Jan 13 (ANI): In a joint operation, the state police and the paramilitary forces busted a camp of Maoists in the Kutru region of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Wednesday.B P Rajbhanu, ... Read more...
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CRPF kill 9 Maoists in Bastar gunfight, rebels strike back (Second Lead)
November 23rd, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 23 (IANS) Claiming it as a major success, paramilitary troopers in Chhattisgarh Tuesday killed nine Maoists in a fierce gun battle in the rebel stronghold of Bastar. But the Maoists ... Read more...
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Maoists open fire at passenger bus in Bijapur
October 20th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by ANI
Bijapur, Oct.20 (ANI): The Maoists opened fire at a bus carrying both civilians and police personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Wednesday.The bus driver sped up when the firing began.Three bullets ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cops release likely as deadline reportedly extended (Third Lead)
September 28th, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28 (IANS) The chances of the safe release of four abducted Chhattisgarh policemen have brightened as the Chhattisgarh government held "secret talks" with the Maoists and there were ... Read more...
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Deadline for abducted Chhattisgarh cops ends (Second Lead)
September 28th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28 (IANS) Even as the Chhattisgarh government held "secret talks" with Maoists to end the hostage crisis, the fate of the four kidnapped policemen hung in limbo after ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh holds ’secret’ talks with Maoists to end hostage crisis (Lead)
September 28th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government is holding "secret" talks with Maoists for the safe release of four kidnapped policemen, with a 48-hour rebel deadline set to end Tuesday ... Read more...
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Abducted cops: Chhattigarh holds ’secret’ talks with Maoists
September 28th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28 (IANS) With the 48-hour Maoists' deadline set to end Tuesday evening, a top police source said the Chhattisgarh government was holding 'secret' talks with the rebels for ... Read more...
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Police intensify search for abducted Chhattisgarh cops (Lead)
September 27th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 27 (IANS) Time was fast running out for four policemen abducted by Maoists in insurgency-hit Chhattisgarh, event though the police intensified searches in the jungles of Bijapur district Monday, ... Read more...
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48-hour Maoists’ ultimatum on abducted Chhattisgarh cops (Lead)
September 26th, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 26 (IANS) After a week's silence, the Maoists Sunday evening set a 48-hour deadline for accepting their demands for releasing the four Chhattisgarh policemen they claim to have abducted Sep ... Read more...
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Maoists’ 48-hour ultimatum on abducted Chhattisgarh cops
September 26th, 2010 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 26 (IANS) After a week's silence, the Maoists Sunday evening set a 48-hour deadline for accepting their demands for releasing the four Chhattisgarh policemen they claim to have abducted Sep ... Read more...
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Maoists ambush security patrol in Chhattisgarh, kill five (Night Lead)
August 29th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 29 (IANS) Five security personnel were killed as over 100 Maoists ambushed a patrol in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Sunday, leading to a gunfight, police said.
"Maoists ambushed a police patrolling ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh Police arrests suspected Maoist from Kanker
August 22nd, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
By Shiv Shankar SarthiBijapur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 22 (ANI): The State Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a joint operation arrested a suspected Maoist from the Sambalpur jungles in Kanker ... Read more...
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Maoists set six trucks on fire in Chhattisgarh
August 14th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Dantewada, Aug 14 (ANI): Around 60 armed Maoists set at least six trucks loaded with iron ore on fire in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Saturday.According to sources, Naxalites intercepted the iron ore ... Read more...
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Maoists kill key Salwa Judum leader in Chhattisgarh
July 23rd, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), July 23 (ANI): Maoists on Thursday killed a prominent leader of the civil militia movement, Salwa Judum, in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District.Raghu Singh, 55, was leading the Salwa Judum movement in ... Read more...
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Maoists gun down key Salwa Judum leader
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 22 (IANS) Maoists Thursday gunned down a prominent leader of the civil militia movement, Salwa Judum, in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
Raghu Singh, 55, was leading the Salwa Judum ... Read more...
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50 hurt in Chhattisgarh bus accident
July 20th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 20 (IANS) At least 50 people were seriously injured Tuesday when the overcrowded bus they were travelling in overturned in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.
The 55-seater ... Read more...
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Maoist blocked highway by felling trees: Chhattisgarh
July 11th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Raipur, July 11 (ANI): The Maoist blocked by felling trees in the middle of the road National Highway 16 in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.The busy route that links Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh was ... Read more...
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Two Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
July 10th, 2010 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
Bijapur, July 10 (ANI): Two Naxals have been arrested in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District during a combing operation."Both the accused Ram Dhar and Budhram Telam alias Bhima had been involved in cases such ... Read more...
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Maoists kill three villagers in Chhattisgarh village
July 5th, 2010 - 11:08 pm ICT by ANI
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), July 5 (ANI): A group of Maoists killed three innocent villagers in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Saturday night, suspecting them to be police informers.Maoists reportedly barged into a few houses ... Read more...
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Maoists kill three in Chhattisgarh
July 5th, 2010 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 4 (IANS) Maoists hacked to death three civilians they termed "police informers" in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Sunday, a police officer said.
The villagers were abducted by armed Maoists Saturday from a ... Read more...
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